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CHAP, of the best kind of provision, and had been living upon fresh beef in 
China, turtle and fish in the Arzobispo Islands and Petrapaulski, besides 
Oct. the full allowance of lemon juice, pickled cabbages, and other anti- 
scorbutics. The season to the northward, it is true, had been more 
severe than that of the preceding year, and the duty in consequence more 
harassing ; but this is not sufficient in my opinion to occasion the dif- 
ference, and I cannot but think that the indulgence in turtle, after 
leaving the Arzobispo Islands, which was thought so beneficial at the 
moment, induced a predisposition to the complaint. The disease as- 
sumed an unusual character, by scarcely affecting the gums, while patients 
were otherwise so ill that a disposition to syncope attended the exertion 
of walking. Our cases fortunately were not numerous, being confined 
to six, and, after a few days’ fresh provisions in California, were entirely 
cured. 
On the 29th we were apprised of our approach to the coast of Cali- 
fornia by some large white pelicans, which were fishing a few miles to 
the westward of Point Pinas. We soon afterwards saw the land, and 
at eight at night moored in the Bay of Monterey. Early the following 
morning I waited upon the governor, and despatched messengers to the 
missions of St. Carlos and St. Cruz for vegetables, which were after- 
wards served daily in double the usual proportion to the ship’s company, 
who benefited so much by the diet that, with one exception, they very 
soon recovered from all indisposition. 
By some English newspapers, which were found in this remote 
part of the world, we learned the melancholy news of the death of His 
Eoyal Highness the Duke of York, and put the ship in mourning, by 
hoisting the flag half-mast during the time she remained in the port. 
In my former visit to this country I remarked that the padres 
were much mortified at being desired to liberate from the missions all 
the Indians who bore good characters, and who were acquainted with 
the art of tilling the ground. In consequence of their remonstrances 
the governor modified the order, and consented to make the experiment 
upon a few only at first, and desired that a certain number might be 
settled in the proposed manner. After a few months’ trial, much to his 
surprise, he found that these people, who had been always accustomed 
to the care and discipline of schoolboys, finding themselves their own 
